Definitions for guinea-hen

guinea-hen guinea hen

Guinea-Hen is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 169 anagrams from letters in guinea-hen (-aeeghinnu).

Definitions for guinea-hen

noun

  1. the female of the guinea fowl.
  2. any member of the guinea fowl family.

Origin of guinea-hen

First recorded in 1570-80

Examples for guinea-hen

Because of her he attends the silly five o'clock function at the guinea hen's, and is involved in a prize fight.

I thought she'd be a hatchet-faced female with a voice like a guinea hen.

The constable drove on, talking on, garrulous as a guinea hen.

The roasting of the guinea hen would require thirty minutes the waiter warned them, but Bassett made no objection.

"I hadn't realized you were so critical about your guinea hen," she acknowledged.

The male guinea fowl is called a guinea cock; the female, a guinea hen; the young, guinea chickens.

She dressed and the shrill pot-rack, pot-rack of the guinea hen annoyed her; it seemed to her the most hideous of hacienda noises.

Sometimes, however, a guinea hen will provide for the young chicken, and many lives have been saved in this way.

No matter what you expected, when the bird came onto the table it would be guinea hen!

The guinea hen is none other than our most illustrious society lady.

Word Value for guinea-hen
Scrable

7

Words with friends

10

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